Experience High-octane Rock ’n’ Roll Style
A premier, off-the-price-list showpiece from the Gibson Custom Shop, this Dealer Select 1963 SG Junior is the ultimate sonic weapon for high-octane garage punk, sizzling electric blues, and a variety of other rough-and-ready playing styles. This solidbody electric guitar is built around a solid slab of mahogany, meticulously carved into the iconic SG shape, and finished in a spotlight-stealing Silver Fox color with a lightly aged nitro finish, expertly crafted by the renowned Murphy Lab. This guitar offers a sublime playing experience, thanks to its ’61 SG-shaped neck profile and 22-fret rosewood fingerboard adorned with cellulose dot inlays. This no-nonsense, single-pickup wonder boasts a covered dog-ear P-90, providing a unique sonic flavor that’s impossible to resist. This guitar’s hardware will delight any Kalamazoo aficionado; it features a lightning bar wraparound bridge and white-button tuning machines, along with a period-correct white plastic pickguard and black top hat knobs with silver foil inserts. This must-see 1963 SG Junior offers die-hard Gibson devotees a rare chance to score this classic model from the company’s legendary Custom Shop.
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Dealer Select guitars: curated perfection from Gibson Custom and Sweetwater
This unparalleled instrument wears the badge of Sweetwater and Gibson Custom’s Dealer Select collaboration, a prestigious program that enables us to provide our most discerning customers with custom-spec’d, limited-run Gibson Custom guitars with exclusive features and appointments. Through this initiative, Sweetwater’s guitar experts work closely with artisans from Gibson’s Custom Shops in Nashville and Bozeman, Montana, to dream up inventive and alluring variations of Gibson’s most beloved guitars. From custom finishes to from-the-ground-up tonewood transformations and beyond, our collection of Dealer Select instruments boasts a personalized touch that off-the-shelf production models simply can’t match — and you can only get them at Sweetwater!
The P-90: a tonal powerhouse
We have many fiercely loyal P-90 fans here at Sweetwater. These guitarists appreciate the P-90’s unique tonal palette, which stands apart from — and complements — both humbuckers and traditional single-coils. Gibson’s first successful single-coil pickup, the P-90, has been featured on countless classic recordings. Known for its biting treble and high output, the P-90 cleans up beautifully when you roll back your guitar’s volume pot. This versatile pickup offers its own brand of grit — brighter, leaner, and less refined than a humbucker, yet almost as hot. When you push your amp, the P-90 truly wails. Plugged into a high-gain tube amp, it delivers grind, sizzle, and bark that humbuckers or other single-coils simply can’t match. For a taste of the P-90’s historical brilliance, listen to Santana’s fiery Woodstock performance or the Who’s masterful Live at Leeds album.
Gibson’s minimalist marvel
This Gibson Custom Dealer Select 1963 SG Junior features Gibson’s lightning bar wraparound bridge. The lightning bar is a true minimalist marvel, ingeniously combining a bridge and tailpiece into a single unit. Historically featured on Les Paul Juniors, Specials, and other budget-friendly student models, the lightning bar is designed so that your guitar’s strings feed through holes in the bridge, then wrap back over the top, anchoring each string under tension. Gibson aficionados appreciate the lightning bar for its vintage aesthetic, and many tone hounds swear by the tonal directness afforded by its direct string-to-body contact. This 1963 SG Junior’s lightning bar has been optimized with individual string saddles to ensure proper intonation.
Gibson Custom Dealer Select 1963 SG Junior Features:
- A rare, off-the-price-list Dealer Select solidbody electric guitar
- Spotlight-stealing Silver Fox mahogany body with a Murphy Lab Light Aged nitro finish
- Mahogany neck with a comfortable ’61 SG-shaped profile
- 22-fret rosewood fingerboard with cellulose dot inlays
- Covered dog-ear P-90 pickup serves up everything from open-sounding chime to all-out grind and everything in between
- Lightning bar wraparound bridge and white-button tuning machines
- Period-correct white plastic pickguard and black top hat knobs with silver foil inserts
- Handcrafted in Gibson’s Custom Shop
- Hardshell case included
